A New Life
By Rukhsana Khan, Illustrated by Nasrin Khosravi
Groundwood Books, 2009

Book Review by Pooja Makhijani
From Kahani Fall 2009

Rarely does there come along a well-written, gorgeously-illustrated chapter book suitable for readers not yet ready to plunge into a 200-page novel. A New Life is that book. It tells the story of 8-year-old Khadija and her older brother, Hamza, who have just arrived in Canada from Pakistan. Thought they struggle with making friends, speaking English, and using a water fountain, brother and sister slowly learn to make a life in a whole new land.